2 Answers
2

Just to be sure I always check 'disable cache' in the developer tools settings(icons bottom right when developer tools is open). That forces to reload the cache all the time when your console is open. When it is closed it uses the cache again.

Michael thank you so much. I know, at these QA sites one should not say thank you. but this thing bugged me for weeks and its late here and i was annoyed and... thank you.
– ChristianFeb 1 '14 at 21:13

It's been 5 years but it seems cmd + shift + R is still not working on Chrome 58. This article shows how to find the disable cache setting.
– GruberMay 18 '17 at 11:05

User reports in Chrome 17 the bug is resolved bug report here in Linux, and the other post of the same request reports that cmd+shift+r forces a reload. I wasn't however able to find a 'from chrome support' response, or a definitive supported example of this in action.